"It is pretty similar to being the CEO of a public listed company but you’ve got to get thousands of people to do what you want without them being your employees. That was a really tough challenge"

"Let’s use the words people are uncomfortable using – lesbian, gay"

"When I took the role of CEO, I was basically running the entire ma"

"If we can get this gender thing right, we can then get it right for all sorts of other groups that feel perhaps marginalized or under-represented, particularly in the senior levels in the workplace."

"I look back at that 32-year old Inga, and I don't recognize her now-but that was how under-confident I was. I don't think I was ready or good enough to take the job."

"I can remember, it was in the 1990s and I had been working in the insurance for about 14 years and I was offered my first promotion. This was going to be the first time I was going to manage one person at work, and do you know what? I said'No'."

"“People don’t know who to trust any more. So, we’ve got to find another mechanism to include much bigger parts of the population, and use different metrics to measure success of a country.”"

"“It’s good to have someone completely different to you to chat about things with.”"

"“People are a bit reluctant to reveal what is going on in their world. And others are nervous talking about it because they don’t know what to say and don’t want to look silly.”"

"“You spend half your energy hiding the reality, leading a dual life, making excuses. There’s a lovely story about someone in the industry who was born male and was male at work but had a female persona in her personal life. She was outed because of technology linking Facebook photos and her iPhone. After years of being a man at work but actually being a woman it was fantastic. Everybody was supportive; she’s never looked back.”"

"“I decided to come out during the interview process so that I wasn’t going into it with any secrets. I just brought it up with the group CEO and he was fine. You think, why did it take so long? That’s why I encourage everyone to do it.”"

"“I gave a clear instruction to my partner not to phone me in the office because I was so worried about my colleagues suspecting that I was having a relationship with a woman.”"

"“I tried to be something I wasn’t. I behaved like a man.”"

"It’s interesting, they feel awkward. That’s why when I talk about this I say let’s use the words that people are uncomfortable using – lesbian, gay."

"What you do is, you de-genderise every statement you make. You’re in a business environment; you de-gender everything, You never say he or she. You do it constantly. All these little things, that if you haven’t experienced you just wouldn’t appreciate. And suddenly you can be free"

"I said ‘I’m coming out, I can’t live with this’"

"Online reputation is an indispensable economic asset, directly impacting organizational value through a complex interplay of digital perceptions."

"Organizations that prioritize cultivating and protecting their digital perception are better positioned to build enduring customer trust, attract investment, and secure a sustainable competitive advantage in the evolving digital landscape."

"There's a positive link between a favorable digital presence and key economic outcomes, including increased sales, enhanced brand equity, improved stock market performance, and stronger talent acquisition capabilities. This influence is multifaceted, driven by the collective power of online reviews, the dynamic nature of social media sentiment, the pervasive reach of search engine visibility, and the strategic narratives shaped through digital content and public relations."

"Crisis fatigue contributes to declining public and political participation, as individuals opt for news avoidance, thereby becoming less informed about critical issues essential for democratic engagement."

"The digital ecosystem acts as a powerful amplifier of crisis fatigue. The sheer volume, velocity, and repetition of online crisis news overwhelm individuals' limited cognitive capacities, leading to information overload and a degradation of attention spans."

"The pervasive presence of AI-generated content, coupled with its inherent limitations such as hallucinations and biases, has compelled a broader public, particularly younger generations, to become more aware of the critical need for information verification."

"By providing a readily accessible tool within the X ecosystem, Grok encourages users to query and verify information instantly. While its occasional inaccuracies underscore the ongoing need for human discernment, these very imperfections serve as a powerful, albeit unintended, educational mechanism, training users to be more critical consumers of digital content."

"For the first time in human history we wouldn’t be resource constrained. And I think that could be amazing new era for humanity where it’s not zero-sum, right? I have this land, you don’t have it. Or if the tigers have their forest, then the local villages can’t, what are they going to use? I think that this will help a lot. No, it won’t solve all problems because there’s still other human foibles that will still exist, but it will at least remove one, I think one of the big vectors, which is scarcity of resources, including land and more materials and energy."

"I think some of the biggest problems that face us today as a society, whether that's climate or disease, will be helped by AI solutions. I'd be very worried about society today if I didn't know that something as transformative as AI was coming down the line."

"And we should ... call it ... this kind of radical abundance era, where there’s plenty of resources to go around. Of course the next big question is making sure that that’s fairly, shared fairly and everyone in society benefits from that."

"Step one, solve intelligence; step two, use it to solve everything else."

"There’s a lot of leverage in the system, there’s a lot of cash, but then there’s a whole bunch of other folks who are trying to build these data centers. Whether there’s the energy component side of it, or whether you think about the real estate component, I mean, there’s just a whole lot of things happening at one time. [...] Are we in an AI bubble? Of course, we are. We are hyped, we’re accelerating, we’re putting enormous leverage into the system,” Gelsinger answered. “With that said, I don’t see it ending for several years. I do think we have an industry shift to AI. As Jensen (Huang) talked about, and I agree with this, you know that businesses are yet to really start materially benefiting from [it]. We’re displacing all of the internet and the service provider industry as we think about it today — we have a long way to go."

"Quantum computing will pop the AI bubble."

"We have to deliver better products to the PC ecosystem than any possible thing that a lifestyle company in Cupertino makes. We have to be that good, in the future."

"Retirement is a step towards building a new role, a new social identity, and feeling useful in society"

"In retirement, social life takes on its full meaning because one must rebuild a role in this new stage of life where social codes are no longer the same."

"When I saw the play, I said to myself, 'That's what I want to do.' It was love at first sight"

"In the family, we laughed, we argued, and I acted"

"I have a knack for old women! When I was young, when I went out into town in my heels, in trousers, some people would say: 'No! We don't understand. It's not possible, you're changing"

"It's not that I wouldn't have wanted to play young leading ladies! It's simply that I've never been offered roles. I've been playing old women since I was young"

"Showing public opinion that in retirement, one must give meaning to one's life by creating a new social identity."

"Retirement is an upward path that leads to new heights"

"I was lucky to meet Nelson Mandela, and he kissed my hand – so that day I will never forget. I felt very special and I actually cried. I really loved him."

"Yes, I love Zanzibar very much. Generally I love nature and I have been to most of the exotic places in Tanzania but more frequently to Zanzibar."

"Funny enough we do get on so well, and we have good chemistry despite all of the judges standing up for their cause as they are experienced music industry figures and they understand exactly what to look for in an artist. Generally we get along very well, though we fight here and there and do have our misunderstandings. We are all there for the same cause. It is so much fun working together."

"It’s a very difficult task, I always get emotional about it because I know how much they want to make it in life and they need this opportunity, because I’ve been there wanting to do something and you don’t want to lose any chance you get. I try to convince the other judges to be slightly soft on them and we fight a lot. If it was only up to me everyone who makes the top 10 would be a winner. It really is painful and a very hard thing to do when you know this is someone’s dream, someone’s future."

"I always say sorry to everybody who I have wronged. Most likely the person I would like to say sorry to is not alive."

"This is how legacy is made. To live a life that will outlive you."

"It is only leaders who will create other leaders."

"it is clear that as a leader, you have to think about how you are leading, how consistent you are, how inspiring you are, and how effective you are."

"It is very easy to do what everybody else is doing, especially when it is a shortcut."

"There are low times and there are high times. Something as simple as feeling overwhelmed, can get you down."